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€57m transfer bid shows it´s Benzema or Bust for Arsenal

There have been a lot more versions of the Arsenal transfer rumours linking us with a move for the Real Madrid and France striker Karim Benzema in the last week or so, with many of them from reliable media sources like The Telegraph, claiming that the Gunners were going back with an improved offer of around £35 million for the centre forward after having an earlier bid turned down.

And according to the popular Spanish transfer website Fichajes.net that is not the end of the story. They are saying that this bid was also turned down by Benzema´s La Liga club but once again this has not put Arsene Wenger off the scent. They say that Arsenal are going back with another better offer, this time for €57 million.

The report also expects this to be rejected but it suggests that Wenger is ready for this and at the minute is merely trying to convince the player how much he is wanted in north London as we hope that he decides that playing in the new Benitez era is not for him. The story is that we will wait right up until the end of the transfer window if necessary rather than switching our transfer attention elsewhere and that Benzema is potentially happy about playing under his fellow countryman.

So it seems to be all the eggs in one basket for the boss. But is this Benzema or bust approach the right one for Arsenal this summer?

I think this approach of benzema or nothing is not right, we have other options, we could go for a plan b and get a world class winger like reus and use Theo as a cf. Waiting till the last second to sign benzema may backfire and we could end up with no winger or striker

Pedro would be a great signing, he’s world class. But I would prefer reus over Pedro. But it seems like were not in for any of them. Two WC wingers available and we are not in for them. Wenger promised if there is quality players he would go after them. But I ain’t seeing anything happening

Yes!!!!it’s ridiculous to be waiting for benzema. There is probably 1% chance of us signing him. Let’s just get reus and give Theo the cf role. Or if we don’t want to spend big just get Pedro and use Theo as cf.we have options now, let’s not leave it for deadline day

“He is coming” I take you back a couple years when Higuain flew into London and had the medical exam. It was a “Done Deal” they said. We don’t eve know if any of this is true at all. What evidence do you have? Seriously???

Hate to p*ss on everyone’s parade, but there are pictures out there where he has been spotted coming off the coach today. Also the quote he put along with that picture is merely Addidas’ moto, take a wild guess who one of his sponsors are…

anything over 25 mil for a player with similar stats to Giroud is RIDICULOUS. And 60 mil?? That is BEYOND RIDICULOUS.

For that money you could get a fantastic winger AND solid DM which would improve the club much more than getting a striker who will get 2 or 3 more goals than Giroud if all goes well. Benzema’s stats don’t lie. Sadly, they are on par with Giroud.

I the comments daily……. Just bring in any WC striker! Well, Benzema’s stats are far from world class. They show he is good, not WC. Theo already fits that mold easily.

Somehow, because Benzema has played for Real Madrid many fans super-inflate his talent and goal=production abilities. We cannot change reality. Reality is NOT optional just because we are desperate for any striker better than Giroud.

I know I will get a thumbs down for daring to bring some reality and sanity to this situation. Truth is not allowed when fans are in desperate transfer mania mode (DTMM). Especially when that truth interferes with those suffering from Giroud Derangement Syndrome (GDS).

I will be glad if Benzema arrives. I hope he does. But any price over 25 mil is too high and anything over 30 mil is criminal.

Show me anywhere in any of my comments where I said I loved Giroud and want him to be #1. In fact I stated clearly, if you can read, I WANTED Benzema to come. But I am not willing to suspend my connection with reality and pretend Benzema is something he is not.

When no strikers are moving that is gonna be the price you pay. I honestly think it won’t happen anyway. Let’s be honest here though, he plays in a Madrid team where he is there to provide as much as score. The guy has clear talent, keeps Giroud out of his national team and Wenger has long been a fan. I agree it is an inflated price but 49m for Sterling sets the bar. At around 42-45m this isn’t actually a TERRIBLE deal…just not quite at market value.

I’m sure you were one of the people screaming that £42m was too much for Ozil.
Remember that we lost Suarez because we could not add £5m-£10m extra, and resorted to £1.
I think if we get Benzema for a little above £40m, it’s a fair price.
Note that none of us are soothsayers, we can only believe that the actions we take are the right ones.

What’s concrete is that Real Madrid a team full of stars who are not afraid to sell them to bring in others have kept benzema for 6years as there main centre forward whilst winning the champions league and la liga in that time . I Like Giroud but there’s no way he could hold that position for 5/6 seasons at Real Madrid

So you think giroud is as good or better then benzema…..go take your head for a wobble mate, if he was up for sale everyone would be in for him….i dont see an influx of offers for giroud, ane the fact his price is so high is because madrid dont want to sell!!!! Barca was happy for sanchez to leave,, if barca didnt want to sell sanchez do you think he would still be £35m

Personally I would prefer to see a wide player who can score regularly for us come in, someone who could play CF… Basically a right sided Alexis 😛

With wide players like that then I think Theo could easily get over 30 EPL goals, we all know he can score from out wide and he has been proving that he can score through the middle recently, he is a goal scorer… he isn’t the best dribbler… he is a scorer.

I liked how Theo dropped off to the left in the FA Cup final and Alexis played through the middle for a bit, if we had a right sided Alexis then Theo could do that on the right as well, such a fluid attacking line would be a nightmare to defend against.

He has quit his his teamate in china to fly solo on a private jet according to his latest instagram. Arsenal or manu it seems. But i don’t think he is a good fit for arsenal at all. i am worried his big ego will destroy the good team spirit we are having at the moment.

Can’t see any truth to it without a big signing by Real, and you usually know when Real are after a player because they get him after huge bid made. Also the tweet by Benzema reminded me allot of that tweet a while back which turned out to be a joke.

I just can’t imagine Wenger paying 57m for Benzema when he got Sanchez for 35m. The frugal economist in him will say that he’s better off with what he has got in Giroud and Welbeck than pay that amount of money for Benzema. If it was 57m for Lewandowski then I would argue that it is value for money.

For 57 mil we could get reus and finally give Theo the cf role he deserves. I would prefer reus over benzema anytime any day anywhere.I mean for that much money I rather get reus which is one of the best wingers on the planet. Maybe Wenger wants to buy both of them!!!lmfao

Basically, Arsene will only sign a world class striker if he becomes available (or try to sign), which is the right approach I think.
I dont think Benz is available though as he is Reals only senior striker, regardless if CR7 will play centrally.
Dont believe the first thing you read, especially in connection with arsenal transfer targets.

Actually that Chelsea net spend is wrong:
Total spend: £216.8m. Sales: £179.2m. Net: £37.6m
This is the correct figure but as said in many posts it dosen’t take into account their investment into the squad in the previous years. Or the fact that they still spend more than what Arsenal have the capacity to do sell players after 1 season if they don’t work out.

We need to be ruthless now. We are only 1 or 2 player short
Remember the season when Bayern won the treble, they pay the release clause of 40M Euros for Javier Martinez because it is the last piece of the jigsaw they need
57M is Euros not Pound anyway, so about 40M pound for a striker – hardly overpay in this market when Benteke is 32.5M and Sterling is 49M

People throw around worldclass striker too easily. Suarez is world class, Ibra is world class, Aguero, Falcao even Diego Silva. These strikers can make something out of nothing which is why they are world class. Benzema is a good and better striker than Giroud that’s all.

Why do u say Wenger wants to buy glory??just cuz he made an offer for benzema??? If Wenger wanted to buy glory he would be buying reus,cavani,and a DM…but he’s not doing any of those. Same old Wenger, some things never change

The Real Madrid first team squad today flew to
Shanghai but Benzema wasn’t
part of the party.
Instead, the 27-year-old striker was travelling
solo on a private plane, while Benzema posted
a selfie with the message “let the past remain
the past”.
he then immediately started following Wenger on his official fun page.
******&&&&&&*********&*****
Following. naughty mourinos claims that arsene should get a calculator and that we are trying to buy trophies by our last three seasons spending here are the two teams spendings
Chelsea

Benzema ain’t the perfect man for Arsenal… Though an upgrade from Giroud. Wenger should go for Ibrahimovic of PSG with a-year contract. Before the end of d 3years Iwobi, Akpom, Sonogo will be ready. We need a name that strikes fear in our opponents defense.
-Ibrahimovic
-Lewandoski
-Cavani
-Muller. Any of these guys shoot us up there!!!!!

Sango will NEVER be ready he just foesn’t have it and never will. Wake up for Christ’s sake if it’s true about Karim Benzema then it’s ‘s superb bit of business as he is worth every penny . He would not of Been able to hold a place at real Madrid if he was not a class act he would give us a buzz up front we’ve not had since Henry went . Where do you ever think that Ibrahimovic would ever be a good loan the man is all ego and is soon arrogant the rest of the squad would be putting in transfer requests within a week . Any 9ne who thinks Benzema ain’t our best option is a mug!!! He’s probobly our only option

Its 57million euros not pounds. Converting it in pounds wud bring the amount close to 45 million. Also considering the fall in value of euros the actual value of money wich will b given away will b less than 45 mill. Chill people

Perfect!He is a brilliant player(remember him from Lyon where he doesn’t play with selfish players).At Real he was more pracmatic at us maybe will become brilliant again.I will be the most happy Gunner if Benzema and Gotze join us.

Benzema is good but much better than giroud? Not much. I’d much rather lewandoski if any chance at all. Still think there is too much noise around benzema and wenger has another target, reus or draxler? Also would wenger sign anyone this summer if puma and the xlub weren’t after the shirt sales? After all not too many people will rush out and buy a cech shirt!